Originally Posted By: Rickomatic
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One thing to remember (and I'm no expert) is that hake and true cod do look "similar". Also, there is a separate fish called a Tom Cod which is a small version of the Pacific Cod, growing to maybe 12"-14" and can be mistaken for a young Pacific Cod.


We also caught a lot of what we called "tomcod" but now I know that they were actually "greenling" and mostly the females as the color was almost always brown/gold.

The true tell tale sign between greenling and pacific cod or true cod is a white whisker under the chin, whereas the tomcod had no whisker.

WD.
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